Laborers in the Office.
By William C. White
THERE is apparent prosperity in all departments of the SIGNS Office. The foremen of various departments are faithful men, who are willing to do their utmost for the advancement of the work. Their hands and heads are heavily taxed, and every efficient workman has his hands full. In the folding room only will a less number of hands be employed than heretofore, and this is because so much work is done by our new folding machine. Our friends who lately came from the East have fallen into line, and are working with as much interest as if they had been here for years. Bro. B. R. Nordyke, formerly of Kankakee, Ill., who resigned a profitable position as traveling freight agent of the Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis, and Chicago Railroad, to labor in this Office, takes the management of the SIGNS lists and correspondence, and of the sale of our denominational books. By temperament and by business experience, Bro. Nordyke is well fitted for this important position. Bro. S. C. Stickney, who has had charge of this department, now takes a share of the responsibilities of the counting-room. Bro. Orin Frisbie, for ten years employed as pressman at the Review Office, has the management of our folding and pasting machine and is assistant in the press room. His wife is employed in the type room. Brn. Leon Smith and Josef Badescu render good service in the job and book type rooms. Bro. and Sister Robert Sawyer, who have had many years of experience in the missionary work, and in connection with our institutions at Battle Creek, have taken charge of our office boarding-house. Their two years' experience at the Sanitarium especially qualifies them to conduct the house upon healthful principles. But our special reason for engaging them for this position, was to secure persons who would have a father's and a mother's care for our large family of young people. Of the party who lately came from the East with us, nine have found homes in Healdsburg, eighteen in Oakland, six in St. Helena, and the others are in different parts of the State. W. C. WHITE.